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Stuffed Tomatoes with Parmesan, Garlic, and Basil

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Say goodbye to bland, waterlogged stuffed tomatoes. The key is to draw out excess moisture by salting prior to stuffing.

"I like these but they were not extraordinary. I know it may defeat the purpose but a little Jimmy Dean Sausage would have given them the need umph that they were missing. I gave it a 4 but only because 3 1/2 was not available. I had a plastic spork (spoon fork combo) from some take out restaurant laying in my silverware drawerm and used it to hollow out the tomatoes and it worked great." - samslick

Yield: 6 Ready in 1 hours

Cuisine: AmericanMain Ingredient: Tomatoes

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Servings          
Original recipe makes 6
6 largetomatoes; about 8 ounces each
1 teaspoonKosher salt
8 ouncesCornbread stuffing mix; - one package
1 teaspoonolive oil
2 tablespoonsMargarine
1/3 cupParmesan cheese; about 1 1/2 ounces, grated
2 tablespoonsgreen onion; - finely chopped
1/3 cupFresh basil leaves; shredded
1/4 cupParsley; - finely chopped
2 clovesgarlic; minced (about 2 teaspoons)
3 tablespoonsolive oil
1/2 teaspoonBlack pepper

Stuffed Tomatoes with Parmesan, Garlic, and Basil Preparation

1. Slice about 1/8 inch off the stem end of each tomato. Carefully dig out the core and seeds leaving the flesh and skin. I found a grapefruit knife and tablespoon work best for this task. Sprinkle inside of each tomato with salt and place upside down on several layers of paper toweling; let stand to remove excess moisture, about 30 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, toss stuffing mix with 1 tablespoon olive oil, margarine, Parmesan, herbs, salt and pepper to taste in small bowl; set aside. Adjust moisture with vegetable broth until crumbs are slightly wet (not soupy). Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position and heat oven to 375 degrees, line bottom of 9 by 13-inch baking dish with foil.

3. Roll up several sheets of paper towels and pat inside of each tomato dry. Arrange tomatoes in single layer in baking dish. Brush top cut edges of tomatoes with 1 teaspoon oil. Mound stuffing into tomatoes (about 1/4 cup per tomato); drizzle with remaining 2 tablespoons oil. Bake until tops are golden brown and crisp, about 20 minutes. Serve immediately.

Adaped from recipe by: America's Test Kitchen.

Each (one stuffed tomato) serving contains an estimated:

Cals: 336, FatCals: 150, TotFat: 17g

SatFat: 5g, PolyFat: 2g, MonoFat: 10g

Chol: 11mg, Na, 1000mg, K: 427mg

TotCarbs: 37g, Fiber: 7g, Sugars: 0g

NetCarbs: 30g, Protein: 10g

Notes

These make a great side dish with meat. Theyalso make a vegetarian main dish if you serve two per serving

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Calories Per Serving: 301
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Stuffed Tomatoes with Parmesan, Garlic, and Basil Reviews

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Seeing I had an abundance of tomatoes in the garden, this was a tasty way to use a few up.
10 months, 1 weeks, 3 days, 10 hours, 6 minutes ago
This was a wonderful side. Went very well with the split pea and ham soup I had made for a family lunch. Would absolutely make this again; it was praised.
1 years, 7 months, 1 weeks, 3 days, 18 hours, 26 minutes ago
I like these but they were not extraordinary. I know it may defeat the purpose but a little Jimmy Dean Sausage would have given them the need umph that they were missing. I gave it a 4 but only because 3 1/2 was not available. I had a plastic spork (spoon fork combo) from some take out restaurant laying in my silverware drawerm and used it to hollow out the tomatoes and it worked great.
1 years, 8 months, 4 weeks, 23 hours, 42 minutes ago
every1 i made these for enjoyed them very much, good appetizer or snack
3 years, 5 months, 1 weeks, 6 days, 6 hours, 4 minutes ago
These make a great side dish with meat. Theyalso make a vegetarian main dish if you serve two per serving
[I posted this recipe.]
4 years, 8 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 21 hours, 46 minutes ago

Tags

  1. fresh tomatoes
  2. Spring
  3. American
  4. Side Dish
  5. Bake
  6. Vegetarian
  7. Diabetic
  8. Low Sugar

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